All close down synonyms

verb close down

• defalcate — to misuse or misappropriate property or funds entrusted to one
• overdraw — to draw upon (an account, allowance, etc.) in excess of the balance standing to one's credit or at one's disposal: It was the first time he had ever overdrawn his account.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• punctuate — to mark or divide (something written) with punctuation marks in order to make the meaning clear.
• pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• desist — If you desist from doing something, you stop doing it.
• stay — (of a ship) to change to the other tack.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• intermit — to discontinue temporarily; suspend.
• draw — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
• fasten — to attach firmly or securely in place; fix securely to something else.
• slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
• imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• cage — A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
• pass by — go past
• shut out — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• close up — If someone closes up a building, they shut it completely and securely, often because they are going away.
• pass up — to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
• go under — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
• go broke — a simple past tense of break.
• go bust — If a company goes bust, it loses so much money that it is forced to close down.
• go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
• go up — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• lose one's shirt — a long- or short-sleeved garment for the upper part of the body, usually lightweight and having a collar and a front opening.
• cut short — to stop abruptly before the end
• draw up — to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• pull up — the act of pulling or drawing.
• blow the whistle on — to make a clear musical sound, a series of such sounds, or a high-pitched, warbling sound by the forcible expulsion of the breath through a small opening formed by contracting the lips, or through the teeth, with the aid of the tongue.
• call it a day — If you call it a day, you decide to stop what you are doing because you are tired of it or because it is not successful.
• come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
• cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
• shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• fold up — a part that is folded; pleat; layer: folds of cloth.
• determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
• finalize — to put into final form; complete all the details of.
• liquidate — to settle or pay (a debt): to liquidate a claim.
• clean up — If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.